Education Reporter – January 2016
Doing Reform Wrong in Newark In 2010, three people came together to change Newark, New Jersey public schools. They didn’t work with parents or local educators to come…
Author: Virginia Barth
Education Reporter – December 2015
Transgender Issues: Who Are the Bullies? Some believe transgender people’s quest for special rights has gotten out of hand. Among them is feminist Germaine Greer, who has simply…
Education Reporter – November 2015
Islamic Indoctrination in Social Studies Class? Some parents at Spring Hill Middle School in Tennessee were incensed when their children had to write “Allah is the only God.”…
Education Reporter – October 2015
Grading Candidates’ Common Core Fight The Common Core Report: Grading the 2016 GOP Candidates was issued in August by American Principles in Action, The Pulse 2016, and Cornerstone…
Education Reporter – September 2015
A Calendar of Indoctrination At the NEA convention, teachers were given colorful 2015-16 school calendars created by the union’s Read Across America Campaign. The calendar is titled “Read,…
Education Reporter – August 2015
NEA Seeks to Strip Christians’ Religious Freedoms The National Education Association union has long promoted special privileges for those who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning.…
Education Reporter – July 2015
NGSS Gets in Through Back Doors Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) have been adopted by 13 states and the District of Columbia for K-12 students. They could face…
Education Reporter – June 2015
Students Forced to “Sit and Stare” At Nathan Hale High School in Seattle, Washington, not one junior took Common Core Smarter Balanced (SBAC) standardized tests this spring. At…
Education Reporter – May 2015
Stop Common Core Candidate Pledge In April, Eagle Forum announced the new “STOP Common Core” pledge for candidates and office-holders at every level to sign in order to…
Education Reporter – April 2015
Opting Out of Testing As the standardized testing season begins at public schools, districts are greeting them in a variety of ways. Some districts respect parental objections to…